Idaho Code 39-8609 – Responsibility for Operation and Maintenance of Equipment and for Periodic Tests
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(1) The person installing or altering a conveyance is responsible for its operation and maintenance until the division has issued an operating certificate for the conveyance. The owner is responsible for all tests of a new, relocated or altered conveyance until the division has issued an operating permit for the conveyance.
(2) The owner shall be responsible for the safe operation and proper maintenance of the conveyance after the division has issued the operating certificate and also during the period of effectiveness of any temporary operating permit. The owner shall be responsible for assuring that all required periodic tests are performed by a QEI as defined in this chapter.
Terms Used In Idaho Code 39-8609
- Conveyance: includes elevators, escalators, moving walks, platform lifts, material lifts, and dumbwaiters. See Idaho Code 39-8603
- Division: means the Idaho division of occupational and professional licenses. See Idaho Code 39-8603
- Maintenance: means a process of routine examination, lubrication, cleaning, adjustment, and replacement of parts for the performance in accordance with applicable code requirements. See Idaho Code 39-8603
- Owner: includes the designated agent or representative of the owner. See Idaho Code 39-8603
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
Idaho Code 73-114QEI: means a person who is currently certified by the National Association of Elevator Safety Authorities International (NAESA International) accredited certifying organization as meeting the requirements of the ASME QEI-1 Standard for the Qualification of Elevator Inspectors and who is employed by or under contract to the division of occupational and professional licenses. See Idaho Code 39-8603